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Author(s): James T. Richardson, James T. Richardson, Francois Bellanger
ISBN(s): 9781472428745, 1472428749
Edition: New edition
File Details: PDF, 1.16 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1472428749
ISBN 13:  9781472428745
Author: James T Richardson, Francois Bellanger

New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book to focus on important aspects of the relationship of smaller faiths to the societies in which they function by using specific legal cases to examine social control efforts. The legal cases involve group leaders, a groups’ practices or alleged abuses against members and children in the group, legal actions brought by former members or third parties, attacks against such groups by outsiders including even governments, and libel and slander actions brought by religious groups as they seek to defend themselves. These cases are sometimes milestones in the relation between state authorities and religious groups. Exploring cases in different parts of the world, and assessing the events causing such cases and their consequences, this book offers a practical insight for understanding the relations of NRMs and other minority religions and the law from the perspective of legal cases. Chapters focus on legal, political, and social implications. Including contributions from scholars, legal practitioners, actual or former members, and authorities involved in such cases from various jurisdictions, this book presents an objective approach to understanding why so many legal actions have involved NRMs and other minority faiths in recent years in western societies, and the consequences of those actions for the society and the religious group as well.

Legal Cases New Religious Movements and Minority Faiths 1st Table of contents:

Part I Controversial Religious Groups and the Legal System
1 Courts, Crusaders and the Media: The Family International
2 Scientology in Italy: Plagio and the Twenty Year Legal Saga
3 The Order of the Solar Temple: From Apocalypse to Court
Part II Specific Legal Cases Involving Minority Religious Groups
4 The Mohan Singh Case: What Is the Price of Confidentiality?
5 The Resurrection of Religion in the U.S.? “Sacred Tea” Cases, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the War on Drugs
6 Religion or Sedition? The Domestic Terrorism Trial of the Hutaree, a Michigan-based Christian Militia
7 The Dang Case: When Chakras Opening Leads to a Belgian Criminal Court
Part III Legal Issues Raised by Cases Involving Minority Faiths
8 How to Know the Truth: Accommodating Religious Belief in the Law of Libel
9 Religious Libel: Are the Courts the Right Place for Faith Disputes?
10 The European Court of Human Rights, Minority Religions, and New Versus Original Member States
Part IV Minority Religious Groups in Court: Experimental Evidence
11 Cults in Court: Jury Decision-Making and New Religious Movements
12 Parents’ Use of Faith Healing for Their Children: Implications for the Legal System and Measuring Community Sentiment
13 Muslims and the Courtroom: Legal Issues and Empirical Research

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